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Published online 23 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021223-2
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Chemical attraction solves geometric puzzles
Circuit builders could capitalize on self-assembling floating patterns.
Chop up a square into four pieces, and reassemble them into a triangle. This kind of geometric dissection puzzle delighted ancient Chinese scholars.
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